Ste p 1: On your iPhone, tap Settings, then General. You should see Personal Hotspot in the list just as in the image below. It looks very similar if your phone is running iOS 5. If you can't see it, you should call your mobile provider to find out why. It may be that you can add tethering for an extra fee.

Step 2: Tap Personal Hotspot and you'll see a screen similar to the one below. It's simply a case of sliding the switch to ON and making a note of the network name (the name of your iPhone) and the Wi-Fi password.

Step 3: On your tablet or laptop, make sure Wi-Fi is enabled and search for wireless networks. Select the one that matches your phone's name (in this example, Karen's iPhone) and then enter the password.

Once you're connected, you can browse the internet, download files, stream video and more. Be careful, though, as you can quickly eat up your monthly data allowance.

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Nats said: I have Wi-fi in my home But my laptop has been having problems connecting to my router So Ive been using my iphone as a hotspot to transfer the Wi-fi to my laptop Does this consume my Data When I connect my laptop to the iPhone I make sure the iPhone has the Wi-fi on and the Wi-fi icon is showing